Running Sync\_All\_DNS as scheduled task on Windows 2008

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To automate the sync_all_dns.bat on my IBM Lotus Connections Servers, i made a scheduled task for the Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) script. This works fine on Windows 2003.

Today i discovered that my scheduled task on Windows 2008 wasn’t running since i switched the operating system to Microsoft Windows 2008.

After a search i found that i need to set a optional parameter, then it works:

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To start bat- or cmd-files, you have to insert the path to this script in “Start in (Optional)”. When i start the script without “Start in” the scheduler gives a “SUCCESS” Status, but nothing happens!

You can test with schtasks /run /tn "taskname" and have a look on [tdisolutionpath]/logs/ibmdi.log.

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Christoph Stoettner

I work at Vegard IT GmbH as a senior consultant with a focus on collaboration software, Kubernetes, security and automation. I mainly deal with HCL Connections, WebSphere Application Server, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform and Linux.

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I created a list of tools I use regularly, most of which have been released under an open source license.

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